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Oedipus Trilogy Resources : Primarily Rex and Colonus

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Teiresias says with great foreboding (<strong>and</strong> foreshadowing), "You do NOT want to<br />

hear what I have to say." Roughly speaking, anyway. Teiresias continues to insist<br />

that it is better for him to leave rather than speak.<br />

<strong>Oedipus</strong>, however, dem<strong>and</strong>s that Teiresias tell him what he knows.<br />

<strong>Oedipus</strong> works himself into an angry rage <strong>and</strong> then busts out an insult we think<br />

you should add to your personal repertoire: "You would provoke a stone!." Oh,<br />

diss.<br />

Teiresias grumbles "fine" <strong>and</strong> reveals that <strong>Oedipus</strong> himself was the one who<br />

killed the former king.<br />

Then <strong>Oedipus</strong> says, "What? I didn’t hear you."<br />

Teiresias tells him for the second time.<br />

Most mysterious of all, according to Teiresias, <strong>Oedipus</strong> is committing "the worst<br />

of sins" with the people "he loves the most." More foreshadowing. Teiresias tells<br />

<strong>Oedipus</strong> that he is a threat to himself, in the "stop asking questions" kind of way.<br />

<strong>Oedipus</strong> responds that he thinks Teiresias <strong>and</strong> Creon are simply framing him in<br />

order to seize the throne. He then taunts Teiresias about his blindness, which is<br />

not only politically incorrect but makes him out to be a total jerk.<br />

The Chorus freaks out <strong>and</strong> tells the men they aren’t solving anything by arguing.<br />

Let’s just call them "reality-check Chorus."<br />

Teiresias tells <strong>Oedipus</strong> he’s majorly, grossly cursed <strong>and</strong> will end up blinded,<br />

poor, <strong>and</strong> alone. This is the worst psychic reading ever. He then casually<br />

mentions <strong>Oedipus</strong>’s parents <strong>and</strong> informs <strong>Oedipus</strong> that he "shall learn the secret"<br />

of his marriage.<br />

Then, right before he leaves, he says (in cryptic language) that <strong>Oedipus</strong> is<br />

married to his mother. Well, he says that <strong>Oedipus</strong> is "a son <strong>and</strong> husb<strong>and</strong> both,"<br />

which maybe isn’t so cryptic after all, unless you’re <strong>Oedipus</strong>.<br />

The Chorus talks about the fight between <strong>Oedipus</strong> <strong>and</strong> Creon. The Strophe says<br />

whoever he is, the murderer needs to get out of Thebes, <strong>and</strong> fast. The<br />

Antistrophe which, don’t forget, is made up of the city’s citizens, declares that it<br />

can’t believe <strong>Oedipus</strong> is at fault until they see the glove on his h<strong>and</strong>, so to speak.<br />

Both halves of the Chorus agree that they have no idea whether or not to believe<br />

Teiresias.<br />

Creon arrives, having overheard that <strong>Oedipus</strong> accused him of conspiring to steal<br />

the throne. Rumor, apparently, travels almost as fast in Thebes as in high school.

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